French Shari'a Watch

Thanks to LGF for the title and this article.

* Students, who are no longer content with simple headscarves, are showing up at classes and exams with veils [and burqas]. They refuse to show their faces to men for identity checks and demand that women carry out this task.

* Some female students refuse to speak in language classes, even at the request of the professor, under the pretext that the Koran considers the act of using their voices to be immodest for women.

* A professor of Near Eastern contemporary history was told by some students that she did not have the right to quote or interpret the Koran during her classes. Their argument was that she is not a Muslim and therefore cannot talk about the holy book.

* The rising number of such events shows an intensification of Islamist acts that go beyond proselytization and veiled or open threats to students. They indicate a religiously oriented opposition to the contents of university courses, which are constitutionally protected in France.

* A 25-year-old Muslim student who arrived from an Arab country last year is flabbergasted by the problems encountered in France. "I've traveled 1,700 km so I don't have to see these people. And now I find them in Paris. It's crazy." he says.